“Gas Bills Can Exceed CZK 100,000 per Year,” Say Czech Economists
Energy suppliers in the Czech Republic have already raised prices several times this year. Families living in houses that heat water, heat and cook with gas will feel it the most. According to experts, a household consisting of four people will have to prepare approximately 56,000 crowns more than they were used to just for gas bills. The worst situation is for families with children who live in a house and heat with gas. In a block of flats without gas, a family of four will pay an extra 11,000 crowns for electricity this year. However, if they live in a house and heats with gas, electricity costs will rise by 22,000 crowns this year, and even by 28,000 for gas. However, it is not only households with children that are at risk. “The most vulnerable category of customers are typically pensioners who live in a house heated by gas and who have not invested in that house for a long time,” said Karel Polanecký, an energy expert from Duha. According to experts, energy prices have still not reached their ceiling. For example, if a family of four uses gas for heating and water heating in their home and paid...